The Sun. — London, England, 1838-10-30 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. as effectually as Russia works hers. As to her political, or rather her diplomatic character, RUSSIO is among nations, that which Talleyrand was among political men. What the political character of Great Britain is, when her Go vernment is guided by such unstable men as Lord Mel bourne and Lord Palmerston, it would be hard to say ; but they who know what the great Lord Chatham was, and the Duke of Wellington is—they whose minds and whose hearts forget not, and cannot forget, what Pitt was in Council and Nelson in battle—will readily imagine to themselves the very different character from that of Russia which it ought to be the unceasing effort of this nation to to maintain. The result of the steady, active, persevering system of the absolute Government of Russia in the ac quisition of territory may be gathered from the following extract, which we take from a publication entitled " The Progress and Present Position of Russia in the East." This work is evidently written with a feeling of jealousy towards Russia which amounts almost to hatred, but we Whatever our Whig rulers may do or omit to do in de fending or betraying our East Indian possessions, the whole British public now admit what we have long la boured to impress upon the mind of both the Govern ment and the people, that the course of Russian ambition in the east has British India for its ultimate object. It is also generally acknowledged that a bolder display of that ambition, in the shape of a Russian invasion of Hindostan, is with the court of St. Petersburgh only a question of time. At present the projects of Russia are not ripe for other indications of her hostile intentions than what consist in applying her arts of intrigue, and shaping her prelimi nary conquests to fomenting disaffection within the Anglo- Indian empire, and opening the highway for an attack from without. Our Government can tell more than it chooses tedisclose of the intrigues and plots of her emissaries on the Indian territory, while, taking advantage of the war of succession to the throne of Persia, she has been rapidly pushing her influence and her arms towards the river In dus. What measures our Government has taken to baffle the Russian intrigues in India we know not; but everybody knows that the external demonstrations of Russian hostility under Persian colours have been thought sufficiently pres sing to warrant the march of 30,000 troops from the pre sidencies of Bengal and Bombay towards the north-western frontier, for the purpose of a counter demonstration. The emergency we must believe to be great, the danger immi nent, that could induce our lethargic Government to take so energetic a step. Whether it will be a mere idle display of force without result, like the naval demonstrations of Lord Palmerston against the King of Holland, remains to be seen. Taking past experience as our guide, we may almost anticipate that our feeble and fearful Ministers will be more frightened at their own efforts, or at the efforts of their Governor-General of India, than Russia will be. But if they should not—if, throwing off their pusilla nimous servility to the Northern Autocrat, they should for once act with the decision and firmness which become British statesmen—we shall be glad to find ourselves mistaken. It appears very extraordinary that, of the 30,000 troops ordered to march towards the Indus, 25,000 should be from Bengal, and only the remaining 5,000 from Bombay. This looks like bungling in the very beginning of the business. The greater distance to be traversed from Bengal to the place of destination, and the greater difficul ties of the march, make it appear strange why the larger force should be sent from that place rather than from Bom bay. Upon this subject the Bombay Courier asks— " Why should such a large amount of force proceed from Bengal to Shirkarpoore, when we could convey 5,000 or 6,000 men from this Presidency to that place five or six weeks before they can arrive there from the upper provinces? Let any one look at the map, and see the distance to be traversed by the Bengal regiments before arriving at that place, and then let him satisfy himself with what facility we could, by the aid of sailing and steam-vessels, convey to the locus in quo a considerable force. The expense of moving the Bengal troops across rivers and sandy deserts must be very great, without taking into consideration the wear and tear of them, while from Bombay we could, in comparatively few days, establish a force on the Indus which would arrive fresh and ready for action at a cost which is scarcely worth mentioning." The difficulty which puzzles our Indian Contemporary we cannot pretend to solve—though, perhaps, it may be explained by three letters only. Indeed the difficulty vanishes, if we suppose that any employes of the cheap Government are to make anything by the job. A pamphlet, having the title ." India, Great Britain, and Russia," has been sent to us, in the introductory (part of which the author says— " The unparalleled aggressions of Russia in every direction must destroy all confidence in her pacific professions, and ought to satisfy every reasonable inquirer that the only limits of her conquests will be found in the limitation of her power. On the west, Poland has been reduced to the state of a vassal pro vince. In the south, the Ottoman Sovereign has been plun dered of part of his possessions, and holds the rest subject to the convenience of the conqueror. The Black Sea cannot be navigated but by permission of the Muscovite. The flag of England. which was wont to wave proudly over the waters of the world, is insulted, and the commercial enterprise of her merchants crippled and defeated. In the east, Russia is sys tematically pursuing the same course—Circassia is to be crusbed—Persia to be made first a partisan, then a dependent province, finally an integral part of the Russian empire. Be yond Persia lies Afghanistan, a country prepared by many circumstances to furnish a ready path to the invader. The Indus crossed, what is to resist the flight of the Russian eagle into the heart of British India ? It is thither that the eyes of Russia are directed. Let England look to it." That the eyes of Russian ambition are, and have long been, directed towards India, is as certain as that our Whig rulers have materially assisted the march of her ambition towards that quarter, as we have often been under the necessity of telling them. The columns of the Morning Herald testify that we liave done our duty towards the British public on this subject, and the events that have lately transpired show that we did no injustice to Russia either. Seven or eight years ago we were preparing the public mind for what has now happened, when our Liberal Contemporaries were echoing the drowsy hum of the poli tical drones of Downing-street, and lauding the " pacific intentions" and " amicable assurances" of Russia. Indeed, in misleading public opinion on this subject, and thereby assisting, though unconsciously, the furtively-aggressive designs of Russia, the Whigs had the support of many of the Tory party. Lord Durham himself was not a more admiring eulogist of the crafty and rapacious Czar than the Marquis of Londonderry. The latter was the choice of a Tory, the former of a Whig Cabinet, for the Embassy to St. Petersburg. The Liberals made a fierce outcry against the appointment of the Noble Marquis, on the ground that he was likely to be too subservient to Rus sian interests, and to cultivate the friendship of the Auto crat at the expense of the interests of the country. Well, they carried their point in having the ultra-liberal Durham sent in his place to the Court of St. Petersburg. The Autocrat soon found out, as the place-hunters of Canada have done, that vanity was the weak side of the noble democrat's character ? What signified it, then, that the English flag was insulted when the English Ambassador was flattered ? What signified it that the piratical seizure of the Vixen was unatoned for, when the English Am bassador was feted? What signified it that the glory of England was tarnished, when the person of her Ambas sador was decorated ? The vanity and weakness of which the Emperor Nicholas took such ample advan tage we have no doubt would have been worked to the benefit of American ambition by the wily President of the great Republic. The plan of the " federal de mocracy" appears to us as if it originally came out of a bureau at Washington. The writer whom we have quoted speaks of Poland having been reduced to a vassal province of Russia. What reduced it? British gold. Who sup plied it? The Whig Ministers. If ever it will be neces sary to wage a war for the defence of our Anglo-Indian dominions, which will cost millions of money and rivers of blood, the cause of the waste of British treasure and life will have been the cowardly, the dishonest, the base de sertion of Poland, whose independence we were bound by treaty to protect. We only repeat now what we said again and again, when the pusillanimous Whig Ministers were employed in obtaining the sanction of their servile reformed House of Commons to the transfer of an immense sum of British money into the coffers of the Autocrat, to enable him to finish his Polish campaign. Turkey and Circassia have been sacrificed by the Whigs as well as Poland. Their Russianised policy will yet cost England dear. —Morning Herald. The writers on foreign policy who describe with so much diligence, and discuss with so much vehemence, the en croaching policy of Russia, seem to us to he in some de gree blinded and captivated by a contemplation of the bril liancy of that progress which they desire to counteract. Nothing but this could lead men of accurate ob , ervation, and earnest thought, to imagine that Great Britain, in so far opposing the designs of Russia as may be expedient for ler own interest—and why should she go further ?—ought to follow the Northern Government through all the intri cate windings of its well-managed system, and by a coun teracting policy of the same kind, render that system in effectual for its purposes of aggrandisement. The genius of our nation, and the nature of its government, make it impos sible that we should ever pursue with success the attempt to foil Russia at her own weapons. No Government whose pro ceedings are so open to public investigation as that of Great Britain—whose views are so liable to be altered or -modified by the direct pressure of public opinion, could carry on with unswerving and untiring perseverance for upwards of a hundred years, as Russia has done, a system of silent encroachment and certain acquisition. The more that a man imbued with British notions of political action looks into the history of Russian policy since the Czar Peter, so justly named the Great, made th a t p o li cy impor tant to the wor ld, the more will he be struck with astonish ment at its comb ination S eems to be ra t h er the course o f an indivi dual than of a nation. It is t he briefcourse of a passionless, earnest, subtle principle is—to take advantage. policy, of which the of Russian diplo macy,Nothing escapes thewattchful ey es is lost in doing what seems and not a momen necessary for making t he. most of the circumstance s vgry which arise. Russian dip om Even when an affront is offered, the first considera tion seems to be whether the circumstance acaatn bedteurrivneedd to account—whether some adva nta g e may from it. It is not—nor is it desira ble that it should bße— in the nature of British policy to en counter Rus sia by us: alien means. We have no sympe.hy with those shallow and fn.: ale persons, who s carce ly ever allude to the po li cy of Russia, except in abusive language disgraceful to politi cal discussion. Russia has her own system, applicable to an absolute and ambitious Government, endowed with sin skill s kill and perseverance. It is our business to watch gu , it, ratner than to abuse it. We have.--er ought to have — a system a pplicable to a nobler state of national freedom and national candour. Let us see that we work our system believe the details as to facts may be depended upon : " The Russian empire in Europe has been nearly doubled in little more than half a century. In sixty-four years she has advanced her frontier eight hundred and fifty miles to wards Vienna, Berlin, Dresden, Munich, and Paris ' • she has approached four hundred and fifty miles nearer to Constan tinople; she has possessed herself of the capital of Poland, and has advanced to within a few miles of the capital of Swe den, from which, when Peter the First mounted the throne, her frontier was distant three hundred miles. Since that time she has stretched herself forward about one thousand miles to wards India, and the same distance towards the capital of Per sia. The regiment that is now stationed at her furthest frontier post on the western shore of the Caspian has as great a dis stance to march back to Moscow as onward to Attock on the Indus, and is actually further from St. Petersburgh than from Lahore, the capital of the Seiks. The battalions of the Rus sian Imperial Guard that invaded Persia found at the termina tion of the war—that they were, as near to Herat as to the banks of the Don—that they bad already accomplished half the distance from their capital to Delhi, and that, therefore, from their camp in Persia, they had as great distance to march back to St. Petersburgh, as onward to the capital of Hin dostan." _ _ I falling under that of Russia ; so that it becomes a matter of the first importance to prevent even the possibility of such a result. The mode in which it is proposed most effectually to do this, is to create a barrier beyond the Indus as a sort of outpost to our frontier. Recent events leave no room to doubt that we cannot calculate, with any degree of certainty, upon such an alliance with the Shah as would render it safe to rely merely upon Persia as a pro tection to our frontier. " Our best exertions," as the writer of this pamphlet observes, " should now be used to rescue Persia from the degradation and ruin which await her in 13,coining a Russian province." We should hop, - ! that his recent experience at Herat will have materially assisted our exertions to convince theSnah that it is better for him,to be an ally of England than a slave of Russia. But at all events it is important that we should have something more certain to calculate upon than the loyalty of Persia. Between Persia and the Indus lies Affghanistan, in which, according to the writer whose views we are noticing, "we ought to possess the means of repelling the march of a hostile army towards India." There can be little doubt, we apprehend , that this is the opinion which has suggested the policy of the Indian Government. Although too little reliance seems to be placed in these pages upon the Punjaub as a defence to our frontier, yet unquestionably the establishment of British influence in the country of the Affghans is a most desirable if not an essential auxiliary. It is not, we think, being too sanguine to anticipate, even from the tenour of the recent intelligence, that such an influence is likely to be established by the bold and prudent policy adopted by the Indian Government.—ilforningChronic/e. All this serves to give very magnificent ideas of the ex tent of territory possessed by Russia. The question for us, however, is, bow does this extent of territory affect our national interests ? And then . another question occurs— supposing that our national interest require this career of acquisition to be checked, how may this best be done—how shall we cause Russia most effectually to perceive that it is not for her advantage to acquire territory at the ex- Tense of incurring our hostility ? We have no hesitation in stating our opinion that it does concern our interests both immediate and remote that Russian influence and en croachment in Turkey and Persia should be kept in check. We do not blame Russia for what she has done to extend her power in the East. On the contrary, we give her credit for the skill and promptitude with which she has availed herself of every circumstance to add to her influence. If our interests have suffered we shall not impute that as a fault to Russia, but con. Sider it to result from our own misfortune in having a Government unworthy of our country. It is, however, but justice to acknowledge that at present the least neglected part of our affairs seem to be our interest in the east. The recognition, indeed, of the impotent Government at Madrid by the Sublime Porte we look upon as of no more account than a present of a cashmere dressing-gown to our Minister for Foreign Affairs would be. The gratification afforded to one little weakness of Lord Palmerston would be just as important as to another. But independently of this, there does appear to be some activity to thwart the designs of Russia, which activity—if steadily maintained, will no doubt answer its purpose. Russia constantly succeeds, not because her action is more strenuous than the action of other nations, but because she never neglects. Our commerce in the East, and in Persia alone, is very valuable. We must take care that it be not placed at the mercy of Russia. As to the invasion of British India by the Russians, we hold that to be a chimerical notion, so long as Russia has no more than a bare facility of passage through Persia ; but if she were allowed to make that kingdom her own—to possess it as a base for her military operations, and a magazine from which to supply her Commissariat, then the invasion of India would be no improbable event. It is the business of Great Britain not to allow Russia to have Persia. But how shall we most simply and effectually check any such enterprize ? Undoubtedly by showing Russia that if she will preposterously push forward her am bitious views in Asia she shall smart for it in Europe. It is with our naval arm that Russia must be repressed. And here it is—so far as regards this weighty matter—that the British public have most reason to be indignant with the present Government. It is notorious to all Europe—to all the world—that Russia has been making great exertions to have a navy capable of disputing the sovereignty of the seas with Great Britain. Has our Government made anything like a corresponding preparation for the struggle which may be at hand ? Most assuredly not. We believe that at present we are by no meanewell prepared for an important naval warfare, and we are quite sure that a Government so watchful as that of Russia has an exact account of every Bri tish ship ready for service. Very possibly, however, she by no means allows for what Great Britain could and would do if a pressing emergency should arise. We do not doubt that if actual warfare should be resorted to, and our naval affairs were conducted with vigilance and spirit, we should ere long salute Russia with such a thunder in the Baltic as would shake her empire to the very shores of the Caspian ; but we ought to be prepared to do this now. The mainte nance of our naval power has been shamefully neglected. A stupid, gross, headless, heartless, pinching economy, has taken the place of national good sense, and we have been crippling the power that we should have augmented, while waste and favouritism have been running riot in other directions. Let this wretched system at once have an end. We wish for no extravagance—no flaunting, flashy, waste. Let what is to be done be done as cheaply as is consistent with having it done well ; but when Russia is forcing her self forward in the east, and France occupying for hun dreds of miles the Mediterranean coast of Africa, let us have such an armament afloat as will convince them both that if they provoke us to war, their maritime commerce will be at once annihilated, and every inch of their ter ritory—which is accessible by cannon-shot from the sea— be swept away by tae fire of our hostile fleets.—Morn. Post. The pamphlet entitled " India, Great Britain, and Russia" has appeared at a seasonable moment. It is an excellent commentary upon the occurrences which are de tailed in the recent intelligence from; India, and is calcu lated to inform as well as awaken the public mind upon a subject of vast and immediate importance. It is hut a short time since the jealousy of the French Press was roused by the attacks of some of our Contemporaries upon their re cent acquisitions in Africa, and nothing W 45 more re markable in this unprofitable controversy than the una nimity with which the French Journalists retorted to what they erroneously assumed to be the public feeling of this country—our own gigantic conquests in the East. And yet, as the writer before us very justly observes, " the pe culiarity in the case of British India consists in this, thatthe policy of the ruling nation has always been the reverse of aggressive. Power and dominion have for the most part been forced upon England by the necessity of her position ; and, with scarcely an exception, her wars in India have been strictly defensive." To this fact, that the growth of our Indian empire has been the result of necessity, and not of a mere lust for conquest, we may probably to a great extent attribute the unprecedented effects of our rule in the territory thus acquired. Unlike the conquered of other dominions, " the people of India look to us for that which during the many centuries of their national existence they never possessed—good government." The contrast be tween our administration and that of other strangers in India is justly described in the pamphlet before us : " From strangers," says the writer, " India has at various times endured all the horrors which can be inflicted by unprincipled ambition, whetted and sharpened by fana ticism and a thirst for plunder. From a nation of strangers she is now receiving instruction in the arts of peace, in the facts most important for man to know, in the sciences. that enlarge the mind, and the moral truths that purify the heart ; a beautiful contrast to the state of .things formerly existing." The writer then pro ceeds to show that " we are fully justified in regarding the retention of British India under the fostering care of its present rulers as essential to its progressive emancipation from ignorance and the evils that follow in the train of ignorance." And there can be no doubt that to substitute the Governments that formerly prevailed in India for the mild and gentle rule of England, would be to throw those portions of the empire at present under our dominion back from their present comparative state of civilization into the barbarous and anarchical condition of those parts of India " to which the sceptre of England does not extend." " These are Governments," we are most truly told, unde serving of the name, and known only by the evils of which they are the cause—Governments in which corruption is the ruling principle, spreading and ramifying through every department—Governments in which the Prince, if actively dispos e d, k nows no en j oyment b ut war , an d, if de void of a taste for this occupation, is generally sunk in sloth an d sensuality, surrendering his subjects to be plun dered without restraint by those w h o a b use the name o f their ma s t er to their owl improve as S uc h are native Princes flow--they as the country improves ; but no greater calamity could befal British India at this time than to be returned,rtooteih,at and d ite f of misgovernment under which it formerly an it was re lieved by so extraordi nary a tra i n of events as w t n h c A a h t which has placed the sovereignty in its p resent h an d s. " relapse into the old dominions of its native Princes is not, however, much to be apprehended. The danger—if indeed any real d ange r there be—is of a transfer to another European Power, and this Power is, of course, Russia. A:d w a o ss u ti i, r i ed b ly e if any greater calamity could befal I ndia than to be withdrawn from the dominion of England, THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1838 POLICE INTELLIGENCE. HATTON:GARDEN. Yesterday, James Morris, a police constable of the K divi sion, No. 234, and Ellen Morris, his wife, were brought from the station-house, charged before Mr. ROGERS, with having stolen a silver watch, chain, and seals, the property of Mr. Johnson, of Mile End-road. Mr. ROGERS remanded both the prisoners until Friday next, for the attendance of the prosecutor. A black girl, ten years of age, was brought up by a police man of the G division, charged with being houseless and destitute. The constable, on Saturday night last, found the prisoner sitting on the step of a door in St. John-street, Clerkenwell, surround,,d by a crowd of persons, and, being nearly naked, and apparently starving, the greatest sympathy was felt for her ; and witness took her to the station-house, where she received some food. Mr. ROGERS asked her where she came from?—She came from New Tork a short time ago. Her father and mother brought her to this country, and they both died in the neigh bourhood of Wapping, and she had ever since been wandering about the streets. Mr. ROGERS ordered that she should be taken to Clerken well workhouse, and attended to. QUEEN- S Q UA RE. William Quaigh and Anne his wife, two persons from the sister isle, were yesterday charged with a violent outrage. The case was supported by nu fewer than seven witnesses. Defen dants were fined 51., or committed for two months each to hard labour. UNION-HALL. Yesterday Frederick Dawson Buntleach, a young man of genteel appearance, was brought before Mr. TRAILL. Mrs. Mary Kemble, of Manor-place, Newington, stated that the prisoner introduced himself to her family as an officer in the army, and from the gentlemanlike manner in which he at first conducted himself it was firmly believed that he was the person he represented himself. He was in the habit of visiting at the house constantly, during which he won the affections of witness's daughter, hut he basely deserted her afterwards, and at the time he went away he plundered the house of clothes belonging to a Mr. Myers, who lodged there. A shopman to Reynold and Co., pawnbrokers, Stone's-etid, in the Borough, stated that on the 18th of August the prisoner pledged the coat and waistcoat at their shop. The coat and waistcoat were identified as the property of Mr. Myers. William Williams, of No. 4, Webb -street, stated that about seven weeks ago the prisoner took lodgings at his house, say ing, that he was the son of a Major in the army, and that be also held the commission of Lieutenant himself. lie a lso stated that he had recently been left 5,000/., and that he had expectations of being left considerably more money. The prisoner, however, had not been long there when suspicious were excited against him, and those were strengthened in a short time afterwards, owing to a friend of witness seeing the prisoner one day looking out of the drawing-room window. The friend of witness on that oceusion called on him, and asked him if he was aware that he had one of the " swell mob" in his house, adding that he saw one of the gang lock ing out of his first-floor window. Witness was very much atonished as well as alarmed at this piece of intelligence, and was then informed that his lodger had recently stood at the bar of the Central Criminal Court on a charge of felony. Acting upon this information the witness gave the prisoner warning to quit his house, and it was then discovered that a large table-cloth had been taken by him, A policeman stated that the prisoner was taken into custody a short time ago for stealing a gentleman's cloak, and that he was tried for that offence. A master tailor stated that the prisoner got a snit of clothes out of him by representing that his father was a Major in the army, and that he was also an officer himself, and he promised to pay for them on delivery. The clothes, however, had not been paid for from that time to the present. The Magistrate said that be should remand the prisoner, as, from what had been stated, other charges were likely to he preferred against him. PROVINCIAL COLLEGES. —The Gateshead Ob server advocates the necessity of improved education for the people of this country, and recommends especially the institu tion of a Provincial College in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. IRISH AGITATION. —The Dublin Evening Post, referring to a series of resolutions, agreed to on Thursday by a Delegation of the Precursor Society , a ssembled at the Corn Exchange, says that the time has now come when speaking "as the Representative, not merely of a section of the Li berals, but, to a certain extent, and within limits which we need not, at present, define, of all the Liberals of Ireland we are called upon for a deliberate expression of opinion. We are, then, for Agitation." GILBERT GURNEY ENCORE.--When the hero of a novel reaches the condition of matrimony, he is commonly dismissed as of no further value to any one, but the fair owner to whom he has been exclusively made over at the altar. A departure from this la - v of custom, however, has been made by that admirable delineator of the realities of life, Mr. Theodore Hook, whose " Gurney Married," we are apt to think, will convince even the most devoted partisans of the old routine that a hero may be to the full as entertaining a person after being made a Benedict of, as before. In following through these three new volumes the post-nuptial career of Mr. Gurney, it will be acknowledged, even by the most romantic of unmarried ladies, that his enlarged acquaintance with the world, and his matured companionable powers, make the completest atone ment for the one sin of having irreparably disposed of his hand. SHIPWRECK. —We are sorry that we have to record the nielaneholv intelligence of a shipwreck, with lose of life, near Jersey. The smack Dart, of Exeter, whilst on is way from Brisham to Jersey, for a cargo of apples, was ire e off Serk, and two of the crew perish. d. The crew was C. d of the master, Mr. Putt, Ch ales Norris, an aged man, Chas Norris. his son, a young man about twenty-one years of age, and a fourth person, named Benjamin Carlisle, who being well acquainted with the coasts of Guernsey and J -rsey, ac companied them on this voyage in the capacity of pilot. The wind being from the eastward, the master wished, at an early hour of the morning, to run through the Great Russel, but Benjamin Carlisle recommended their keeping to the eastward of Serk, so as to be well to windward, very necessary, should the wind suddenly shift. Shot tly after six o'clock, being then about a mile and a half to S. E. of the Havre du Creux, at Serk, the vessel struck on a sunken rock, instantly filled, and went down. The master had barely time to pull off his great coat, before the deck was already under water. Carlisle at the moment was engaged endeavouring to clear the boat, which was upon the deck, but he could not succeed in time, the vessel going down within one moment from the time she struck, and he, poor man, went down with her, a u n t d Tah w ogef a u s af,e;b n etbe o lE t learna efatttwiht . i g driteei a dbfel i decyt n edorkrole:p s .uun e imrfn, e ,otggte,a n sieseti . ftrlah:tiassoemit W hmmtetoeh.affl e iedi,iotii r :ptretit e .itnuihg g sdare, r ifiy.f e Taorah t eutshoeolt t to.w o ,,toyebhaefsynvse. taedi saw: o:a T usscwtwp h l ht ;he:: were aerarvt, master, ndeout d:h unavailing. raen% vel trying m a tl a n i ag C hbo oaof Charles grounded,lNorris,hreee regain rigging an Norris, part t t h h oe e f of n an hour, afterwards, his aged father, with art agony feel ing which cannot be described, if, indeed, adequately conceived, d beheld him go down to rise no more. The two unhappy -i t v h c eid sur vivors were descried from Serk, and a boat put °ml e ' rescue. They had, however, been upwar c d a s m o e f au hour h p o l u y r mout. to instant death, before they were tasekt7e,annioeffr_theDwevroenepkeo.lri exposed need scarcely add that they were hospitably treated by the Serk people. It is not thought probable the vessel can be perhaps, ever seen, as a t o Plymouth on last, a s T t, h b e y r t er e ai s n i d r er F o . f D ttr ak e e r acres, they are from 18 to t In dependent.'Ss a e ! g ur h d e a d y . e e g f the enormous weight of 27 lbs. There is now growing on a farm belonging Wm. Matthews, of Cotswold eo . tfa. l tb 3 elne m s, iles from Stroud, some of t w h h e ol finest e ; in and measuring; 42 inches in circumference. This gentleman 20 lbs. weight, h fi t specimens t:ld ai o d f turnips, o o n f : e . has also a bed of about 300 cabbages. weighing from 14 to 16 lbs. each. These e xtraordinary productions of nature are growing on land manured by Bone-dust. Our correspon dent begs to acknowledge. as a present, one of these remark able cabbages.—Bristol Mercury. We have the painful task of recording this week another instance of the uncertain tenure of human life, in the awfully sudden death of Mr. James Selleck, late as ,i stant _ surgeon of H. M. steamer Meteor, stationed here. He went to bed on Friday n i g ht in tie enjoyment of his usual health, and when called to breakfast the next morning by one of his niessinates, he was found cold and -,tiff in his berth. H e was buried this week at Pembroke whither the ship had been or dered on duty, with military honours, and his memory will be cherished with every kindly feeling by his commander, (who loved and valued him, having known him from a child) and by his mes.mates generally, to whom he had endeared himself by his kindness of heart and suavity of mariners. He was the second son of the late Captain Selleck, of Milbrook, near Southampton, and cousin of Sir Edward Lytton BO wer, Bart., of Nebworth He was aged only 27 years.—Fal mouth Express. TTNIVERSITY INTELLIGEI,TCE CAM3REDOE, OCT. 27.—OnS , turday last the Rev. Joseph Dewe, 13_ a, was ristituted to the Rectory of Rockland Major and Minor, Suffolk, on the presentation of the Master and Fel lows of Queen's College, Cambridge. On Sunday the 29th June last, the Rev. F. Cusack, B. A., of Catherine Hall, in this University, was ordained a Priest at Quebec. This gentleman has charge of the mission of the bay of Gaspe and parts adjacent. On Wednesday, the Rev. Edward John Ash, M. A., Fellow and Tutor of Christ College, was presented by the Master a, al Fellows of that Society to the Rectory of Brisley, with the vicarage of Gatelev, in the county of Norfolk, vacant by the death of the R.,v. John Maul. On the 16th inst. the Rev. Thomas Sanders, B. A., was instituted to the vicarage of Moulton, in the county of Nor thampton, and diocese of Peterborough, vacant by the death of the Rev. Walter Poole ; on the presentation of Geo. Vcre Stanton, of Ensham, in the county of Oxford, Esq. The Chancellor of the Archbishop of York has appointed the R. , .v R. Meek, rector of Richmond, a surrogate for pro ving hills, &c., in the Prerogative Court of York. The Rev. J. T. Law, M. A., Chancellor of Lichfield and Commissary of Richmond, has appointed the Rev- R. keek, rector of Rich mond, a surrogate for granting marriage licenses for the arch deaconry of Richmond.—Yorkshire Gazette. OXFORD, OCT. 27.—There will be an election at Baliol College on the 29th of November next, to fill the following vacancies : Four Fellowships open to such candidates who have taken the degree of Bachelor of Arts. Two open Scholarships to such candidates, who, on the day of election, shall be under nineteen years of age. Four Exhibitions limited to candidates from the counties of Somerset and Devon, the city and county of Oxford, and Hanley Castle School. Candidates for the Fellowships are to present to the Mas ter the requisite testimonials on or before the 16th November. Candidates for the Scholarships and Exhibitions are re quired to present certificates of their birth and baptism, with the usual testimonials to the Master, on or before the 19th of November. _ There will be an election at Queen's College on Thursday, the 15th of November, of two Exhibitioners on Sir Francis Bridgman's Foundation. Candidates must be natives of Lancashire, Cheshire, or Wiltshire. Certificates of their baptism and testimonials of good conduct to be presented to the Provost on or before Sa turdAy, Nov. 10. The Rev. H. Wall, Vice-Principal of St. Edmund's Hall, has been nominated Classical Examining Master; and Mr. T. Twins, Fellow of University College, Mathematical Exa mining Master. The Professor of Moral Philosophy proposes to deliver a Private Course of Lectures on Nicomachean Ethics on Mon days, Wednesdays, and Fridays, at nine o'clock ; and to re sume his Public Lectures on the Republic of Plato on Satur days, at two o'clock, in Exeter College Hall. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET HOUGHTON MEETING. YESTERDAY. Match, 50. T.Y.C.—Mr. Pettit's Sir Francis, 3 yrs, 9st. (Co nelly, beat General Yates's Siroc, 2 yrs, 6st. 71b. 7t04 on the winner. Won by:a length. The Criterion Stakes of 30 sovs. each, 20 ft., for two years old ; colts, Bst. 71b ; and fillies, Bst. 51b. From the turn of the Lands in. A winner of the July, Clearwell, or Prendergast Stakes to carry 71bs., or of any two of those Stakes 9lbs. extra ; all other winners 2lbs. extra. The owner of the second horse to receive back his stake. Mr. Watts's b. f. by Belshazzar G. Edwards 1 Duke of Richmond's Vale of Belvoir Duke of Graften's br. c. Montreal The following also started, but were not placed :—Lord Exeter's c. by Reveller, out of Advance ; Lord Exeter's c. by Mulatto, out of Marchesa ; Mr. Fyson's b. c. by Priam, out of Worthless ; Colonel Peel's bl. f. Whim, General Yates's b. c. Canute (21bs. extra), Mr. Greville's ch. f. Pydna, by Emilius, out of Victoire ; Duke of Rutland's c. by Camel, out of Diamentina ; Lord Lich field's Sister to Hector, Mr. Forth's ch. f. by Merchant, out of Turquoise ; Lord Albemarle's b. c. Tyrius, Mr. J. Roger's b. c. by Zinganee, out of Dirce ,• Mr. Dixon's b. C. Hyllus, Duke of Richmond's Bulwark, and Duke of Richmond's Reel. Betting -7 to 2 agst the winner (taken), 4 to 1 agst Vale of Belveir, 4 to 1 agst Reel, Bto 1 agst Diamentina colt, 12 to 1 agst Hyllus, 12 to 1 agst Bulwark, and 20 to 1 agst Pydna. Won by a length. Match, 200, h. ft. B.M.—Mr. Thornhill's Egeria, gst. 71b., agst Lord G. Bentinek's Grey Momus, 7st. 91b. Off by consent. Match, 200, h. ft. D.M.—Colonel Peel's Vulture, Bst., re ceived from Lord Lichfield'sThe Carpenter, Bst, 71b. CARLISLE RACES.- TXURSDAY. Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas, for horses, &c., of all ages. Four miles. Mr. S. L. Fox's bl. c. The Doctor, 4 yrs, 9st Templeman 1 Lord Eglinton's br. c. St. Martin, 3 yrs, 7st. 91b 2 Mr. Hamsay's b. f. Fairy Queen, 3 yrs, 7st. 91b Duke of Cleveland's b. c. Hart, 3 yrs, 7st. 91b A good race. Plate of 501. from the Fund, for horses, &c., of all ages ; three yrs, 7st. 21b. ; four yrs, Bst. ; five yrs, Bst. 71b. ; six yrs and aged, Bst. 121 b. Mares and geldings allowed 21bs. ; and horses, &c., that never won 501. in Plate or Stakes, allowed 3lbs. Two mile heats. The winner to be sold for 250, &c. Mr. J. 0. Fairlie's gr. c. Pyramid, 4 yrs T. Lye 1 5 1 Mr. Wormald's ch. g. Fieschi, 4 yrs Sir J. Boswell's ch. c. Aimwell, 3 yrs Mr. Ramsay 's br. g. Centurion, 5 yrs Mr. Sheriff's b. c. Argante, 4 yrs ... 2 4 dr Captain Robertson's b. h. Smedley Lely, aged 3 6 dr Won easy, after a good race. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. The Vine hounds will meet en Thursday at Hannington ; Sa turday, at West Sherborne—quarter to 11. Lord Ossulton's stag-hounds on Friday at Hore Rig Hill, near Mindrum. The N. F H. hounds on Thursday at Downton Common ; Sa turday, at Stubby Coppice—half-past 10. Sir J. B. Mills's hounds on Friday at the Kennel-11. The H. H. hounds to-morrow at Brandean Common; Thurs day, at Lanway Inn : Saturday, at Herriard House. The East Kent harriers on Saturday at Walmer—half-past 10. Sir John Cope's hounds to-morrow at Riseley Mill; Friday, at BraAlfield Wood. The Craven hounds to-morrow at Tottenham ; Friday, at Chil- ton Lodge; Saturday, at Hunt's Green—half-past 10. The Swansea harriers on Friday at Abergwlly—half-past 10. The Tivyside hounds to-morrow at Bridell Village ; Friday, at Coidmore Lodge Gate-11. The Pembrokeshire hounds on Thursday at the Mote-10. Mr. R. Cockburn's hounds on Friday at Kilmington Cross-11. Sir W. Carew's hounds on Thursday at Stover Lodge. Mr. G. L. Cobham's hounds en Friday at Moorhouse-9. The Brecon hounds to-morrow at Talwen Common ; Friday, at Cautreff-11. Mr. Morgan's (of Ruperra's) hounds to-morrow at Lawrimiiy Lodge; Friday, at High Cross-11, Mr. Wilkin s hounds on Friday at Curnmy Moor —lO. The York and Ainsty hounds on Thursday at Nun Monkton ; Saturday, at Wigginton Bar—half-past 10. The Boroughbridge harriers on Friday at the Windmill on Hut ton Moor—half-past 10. The Earl of Harewood's hounds to-morrow at Harewood; Friday at Ribston Moor—half-past M. The Eddlethorpe hounds to-morrow at Castle Howard Inn ; Friday, at Pluckham—half-past 10. The Sinnington hounds on Friday at Hutton Bank Top—lif.-p. 9. The Hurworth hounds on Friday at Low Middlelia.m-10. The Wynyard and Durham hounds on Thursday at Murton Moor Cottage-10. The Ainwick hounds on Friday at East. Bolton—half-past 9. The Galewood hounds t 0-morrow at Middleton Hall, near W ooler ; Saturday, at Coupland Gorse—half-past 10. The Darlington harriers on Friday at Kirmingham— 9. The Carlisle harriers to-morrow at Newby Cross ; Friday, at Giisland—half-past 8. The Inglewood hounds on Thursday at Rangleton Head ; Satur day, at Bewaldeth—half-past 10. The Cleveland hounds on Thursday at Guisborough Park—half past 10. Mr. Wyndham's hounds to-morrow at Fovant ; Friday, at Od stock—half-past 10. The Chesterfield harriers on Friday at Banborough Common — half-past 9. The Hambledon hounds on Thursday at Hill Place; Friday, at Fisher's Pond—half-past 10. The Plymouth harriers to-morrow at Langage Cross; Friday, at Sal tash-9. PREVENTIVE OF FIRE.—At Manchester, on Tueslay, an experiment was tried with the new cement, which, as a substitute for the common lime plaster for ceilings, partitions, &c., or as a non-conducting medium to cover woodwork, is assumed to be capable of limiting the ravages of a fire to a room or, fl.or, when, under other circumstances, the whole premises might be destroyed. On the occasion re ferred to, a building of two floors, each with three windows, was prepared, by having the rafters, joists, lintels, and other timbers covered with the cement in coats varying from one to three-eighths of an inch in thickness, as well as the ladder staircase connecting the two floors. The ceilings were also covered chiefly with the cement. portions having been plas tered with lime to show decisively the action on each ; and, in order to prove still more evidently that ignition might be cut off between the two floors, the contents of one being in flames, whilst those of the other, although equally inflammable, remained untouched, a sub-floor, covered on both sides with cement, was placed under the flooring of the upper portion of the building, and a trap door, cemented down over the aperture of the ladder way. An immense crowd had assembled long before the hour appointed for light ing the mass of old furniture, wood, shaving f s, and other COM bustiblcs placed in the g round floor, a careful examination of the premises having been previously made by the High Con stables of Manchester, the conductors of the fire-engine de partments. and of the police of that place, Liverpool, Bolton, Stockport, &c., and many of t he leadin g manufa cturers of the neighbourhood, who all appeared extremely anxious to steer tain the result. Shortly after three o'clock the materials on t he ground floor were set on fire, and the flames spread rapidly ar ound the floor , envelo p ing the ladder.staircase, covering . the ceiling, and consuming the window frames, and all other portions of wood ma terial unprotected by the cement. T he fire having nearly expended its fu r y on the g r ound - floor, in half an hour without having been communicated in the slightest degree to the floor above, the combustibles in the latter were then ignited, by a persor ascending on a ladder from without, and a s imilar result fol low ed . On after inspection by the local . ri t was , aut horities, it was found that , whilst the m um partly destroyed, and the unprotected wood-work platn w ork utterly con sumed, complete access to flame had bee n cut off from one floor to the other, the cement ceiling was uninjured, and the ladder sta ir-case, rafters, j oi sts , lintels, bind timbers, &c., protected with the cement, entirely preserved. All parties expressed their satisfaction at the tests to which the cement had been submitted, and the Mr. consequent proofs of its applica bility on the largest scale. Rose, the superintendent of the fire-police, declared that he was beaten in the subjugation of an element to which he has hitherto been the most potent opponent in Manchester. 'T.' 11.elr r • f y _-..-, • (P.-ree a C . , A hurricalie visited Leiden on Sunday eight, 01, 1110 , • sre perly speaking, on Monday morning, which for its violence while it lasted, and for the desolation left behind when' it had passed away, few " memories can parallel " In Lambeth no less than five houses were completely de stroyed, and the inmates had a very narrow escape of their lives. During the violence of the hurricane a large portion of the wall round the Magdalen. in the Blackfriars-road, was foxed to the ground with great violence, btu povidentidly no person was paskiug at the time. It the Old K read a whole family, consisting of five chi ideen, e ere buried in the ruins while in bed and asleep, from the rout' falling in Al though they were almost immediately got out ; hey sustained severe bruises, and one is reported to he dangerously hurt, and is now an inmate of St. Thomas's Hospital. As the hurricane was at its he ight, a gentleman oc cupying apartments at Mrs. Jacobs's, tobacconist, No. 9, Chester- terrace, Borough-road, had a most fortunate escape. A building which had been recently erected on the adjoining premises, in the occupation of Messrs. Ogden and Neve, builders, and which have been covered in with lead only on the Saturday preceding, was completely stripped, and every portion of the lead blown into the back yard of Mrs. Jabob's, with a tremendous crash, to the great consternation of the inmates. The party alluded to had net left the spot where the lead had been deposited more than two minutes previously. But for this good fortune he must in evitably have been most seriously maimed, even if he escaped with life. The scene, during the violence of the storm, was one of a most extraordinary description. In some places shop-doors were forced open, and their contents whirled into the street with singular effect. In the neighbourhood of Cheapside a similar occurrence took place at an extensive gos samer-hat maker's, where four or five dozen gossamers were taken by the wind into the air in all directions ; watchmen of the City were completely knocked up in giving chase along the various streets after the hats, very few of which they suc ceeded in capturing. In Queen-street, Brompton, about three o'clock, police constable Wincup, of the T division, while on duty, had a most narrow escape of having his skull fractured. As he was passing the house of Mr. Dell, a pianoforte-manu facturer, he heard a loud crash, and the next moment a large sign-board which had been fastened against the front of the house, being torn away by the wind, fell at his feet ; and about the same time one of the trees, and a large portion of the weather boarding from opposite the Half-way House, on the Kensington-road, belonging to Kingston-house, the residence of the Marquis Wellesley, were blown down. In Kensington- gardens the havoc occasioecd by the wind has been most extensive. The whole of the walks were covered with bodies and limbs of trees. At the south-eastern corner of the gardens, in " the little wood," no less than six tall and stately trees were blown down. They consisted of elm, beech, and horse-chesnut. The beech, which was a most lofty one, in its descent forced down two others, by which, on its reach ing the ground, it was splintered in all directions. At Ham. mersmith, opposite Brook-green-lane, a stack of chimneys of the house of Mr. Jago, surgeon, was blown down, and falling on the roof of the surgery beneath, forced in a considerable portion thereof. In the Bridge-road, numbers of new houses were stripped of their lead roofings, and otherwise injured ; and at Starch-green several small houses, recently erected, were unroofed. as was also a much larger, not quite finished, intended for amalthouse. On the back common,beneath Turnham Green and Acton, several houses have suffered most severely. Towards Brentford the destruction has been more extensive. Just after three o'clock a loud crash was heard by the inhabi tants of the eastern portion towards Kew-bridge, which was at first supposed to have been caused by the fall of the recently erected shaft, 160 feet high, at the newly formed works of the Grand Junction Company, but on several of them rising from their beds and hastening to the spot, that was found to be per fectly secure, and it was soon ascertained that the crash lied taken piece on the extensive premises of Sir Felix Booth, Bart., the eminent distiller of that town. It appears that on the east side of the distillery-yard, an extensive building, with walls forty feet high, had recently been erected, in which were intended to be placed eight new vats, each capable of containing from 40,000 to 60,000 gallons. The building had but just been roofed in, and soon after three o'clock the wind, entering it by means of the open windows, forced off the roof, throwing down the western, eastern, and southern walls, and destroying one of the two vats already erected. The damage is estimated at nearly 1,000/. The roof of the Northumberland Arms Ta vern is much damaged; and the family of Mr. Emery, a baker, residing near the Castle Tavern, had a most narrow escape of their lives. Mrs. Emery, who had only been confined within the last six weeks, was in bed with her husband and child, when a stack of chimneys was blown down, which, forcing in the roof, the greater part fell in on the bed ; providentially one of the beams which supported the root gave way, and in falling, rested on the bed-post, and thus were the lives of the family saved, the fragments of the tiles and chimney-pots laying round them. Soon after three o'clock the inhabitants residing near the London Gas Works, in the Vauxhall-road, close to the bridge, were thrown into the ut most alarm and consternation by a noise resembling the explo sion of artillery, which shook the habitations to the foundation; a number of persons rushed out of their beds and others frem the houses to endeavour to ascertain the cause, but nothing satisfactory could be gained till the break of day, when a scene of immense devastation presented itself by the entire demolition of the lofty and immense brick walls which were being built on the grounds of the London Gas-works for the completion of a retort house. The buildings had proceeded rapidly under the directions of Messrs. Burstall and Son, builders, the contractors. On the workmen entering the grounds yesterday morning, scarcely a brick remained one ~n the other. In the place of a wall, which on Sunday stood 60 feet in height, 90 feet in length, and 50 in width, nearly 600 bricks, forming part of the wall, had been carried over another twenty yards distant ; the immense scaffolding was broken in pieces. The damage is estimated at between 7001. and 8001. In Greenwich Park several 0f the fine chesnut trees were torn up, and others partially destroyed. The park yesterday presented a curious appearance, from its s being thickly strewed with the fallen boughs. In the East and North-east of London the storm has left in every direction proofs of its fearful violence, in the uprooting of trees, the levelling of fences, and often in the more seri ous mischief caused by the falling of chimneys. Mr. Al dridge's provision warehouse, in High-street, Wapping - , was stripped of its leaden covering, which was rollo up like a scroll, although it withstood the fury of the bfs-st in Novem ber, 1836, when the most serious hurricane occurred which can be remembered to nave visited, the metropolis. The ves sels on the river appear to have escaped with very slight in juries. Li Stepney church-yard two very old and immense trees were blown down, and did extensive mischief to the tombs and railings, which have been lately erected at a great expeece round the graves. In Ciapton, Hackney, and in the neighbourhood of Stemford-hill, every step bears proofs of the force of ihe wind dul ing the hurricane, which appears to have swept over the metropolis from the South-west to the North east, the suburbs at both these exticmities, suffering most of its rage. A vest number of trees were laid prostrate on Putney awl Bme Gammons from the fury of the storm. Barnes work holeie, which lies particularly exposed on the side of t;:e Cie - ninon, was expected to be razed to the ground, and the inmates continued up during the whole right; the building, however, escaped, with the exception of sonic slight damage to the roof. The oldest inhabitants are unanimous in declar ing that in their memory they do not recollect, for the time it Listed, i severs e gait• of eind. A Ine!ancholy accident oceurred on the railway in the afternoon of Wedn;isday. A fine young boy, about seven years of age, fel' befoie one of the waggons, when one of the wiieel, went over his right arm, and took it clean off a little below the shoulder. The little suff,rer bore his misfortune with great fortitude, crying out, " Where is my arm ?" He is in a fair way. He is a Fon of John Grindlay, a currier.— Duvniee Advertiser. Last night an inquest was held at the George. Castle-street, Leicester-square, on the body of Ralph Richard son, aged seventy, a pauper in St. Martin's workhouse. appeared from the evidence that the deceased had been an hi. mate of the workhouse since the beginning of the year 1836 and was employed in what is termed the "hair-room." IT had latterly been in a very infirm state of health, and his mind was affected. Between seven and eight o'clock yesterday morning he was discovered hanging by a piece of rope to a nail which wss affixed in the wainscoting of the room in which he lived. The nurse gave an immediate alarm, and one of the male paupers cut the cord. The deceased appeared quite lifeless. In answer to questions from the Coroner and Jury, Mr. Bainbridge, the surgeon, said that, from the nature of the disease under which the deceased was labouring, the mind was very likely to become materially rffTted. Mr. B uin bridge added, that the deceased had extra nourishment be sides the usual dietary allowed to the male paupers, and was not compelled to do any kind of work ; the little he did was perfectly optional. The Jury expressed themselves satisfied, and returned a verdict of " Temporary mental de rangement." THE SISTER CHURCHES !—Wonders never cease. Such is the appellation given to the Churches of England and Scotland—to Presbyterianism and Episcopacy—to two Churches whose partisans resisted each other to the death, and who now, to serve a political end, would cordially embrace each other in their arms.—Kelso Chronicle. GLASGOW.—It is now ascertained that there will be contests in f our o f t h e war d s , an d b ot h part i es exnre gq hopes of being able to carry their men. On Wednea3ay night, the Universal Suffrage Association had a meeting to select candidates of their own creed for the various Wards. Only four were named, and of these two were nominated only conditionally. For the fourth and fifth Wards they made no provision. One of their orators, named Purdie, counselled tbe meeting to join the Tories to put down the Whigs. To the numerous instances which have been given of the voracity of the cod, we have to add the following : A fine fish of that species was purchased yesterday in the market, and on being taken home and cleaned, a lobster ut considerable size, with the two great toes perfect, was found in its stomach. From the toes being covered with barnacles, it appeared that the lobster had been dead, and had lain for a length of time in the water before it was swallowed.—Edin burgh Courant. The thaw, after the storm of rain and snow (n Sunday and Monday last, flooded all the rivers in the north. On the latter day, the Dnvern was so much increased in size that Mr. Gordon, of Cairnfield, in attempting to cross near A. achy on horseback, nearly lost his life, having been carric-i down the rapid stream—obliged to throw himself front 'oh horse, and with difficulty got to a shallow place, from which h© got to land.—Edinburgh Courant. T nivir,)VN -% ~t', !LL' L L:%,... , Lil 400 d Bread may be had at sw. jA,I rfacE OF SEEDS.—Oct. h}. Cer Cwt. Per ()starter. New English red Clovers 9 ,. Ses St. Foin 40s 44s 4a, ON Ditto Ditt0............—5. —a. —s Grass t3os 34; gew Foreign Dist. 4 , 5. tis 7sts so. 4fie Olsi Ditto Ditto.. ..... s. 40: 00s. I.inE.;,ed, for ceding 5" , White Chpcor ~ ;.3s. 70s. Ditto, for ssiwif.g. ....... ' Ditto Ditto.„ f:0.4 Ditto, for crusl,sig F 40 f'y 25, jCanary . cs.• ;.•!(1,. 2.' `nglish Carraway ---= 42 , . 465: !White '0 Fore.ge Ditto —s. -Ills. 45, ;Brown Ditt roriander Rapeseed, Eragral., ins .p er 1.,,,,"" :3..1. 38 ,. ..., , . PR.TCES OF HOP.—Oct 29. r'arnhain Pocket., (pee cwt.) 7. M. 14/. Os. to 101 . I s. East 1(..,• Pockets. - Ditto Bags. 5 11l 61 ~s . to 7 15 . Mid Kent Pockets Ditto Bags 4. Pi- 5 10 to 61. 6s sussex . .. Yearl , n gs 4i. 4s. 41. lt.s to 5/ 5 Old Olds Old Ditty estimated at 11 , 5,9 . 01 PRICES OF POTATOES AT SPITALFIELDS Ware 4ss. Od. to 55s 04. per ton. Middling Chats 1. 5 13.10 ES OF LEATHER Per lb d. to d. • Per li , 5, to d. it o;, ilid,,, 30 to tilib each ;1 13 • Horse llide.., German ...... 111 224 ---.-4.0 5o ..... „„ !2 !6 • Spanish ...... 12 , a 50 6.1..........3 :s Calf Skins,:lo to 401b.(doz ) 5 14 ' dull Hides Butts, Vitriol 1.',a 5 ----- English - 70 Blri ..#15 " 15 Foreign Foreign Hides lO 12 Dressing Hides 6 I / Shaved . , 12 15 Basils i Beat Saddlers Hides Horse Hides, English • If rounded 2d. to 4.d par lb more. PAI6i ,;, ' 'd• 15. 0:i 4, Pd (1,1 • :4. PRICE OF OIL. rx Rape Oil, brown, per ton, 424 Os —Refined, 43/. 10g.—Linseed Oil, 2.8% Linseed Oil Cake at the Mill, ;1000 , 13, Os —Rape Cake, per ton, 6 S • PRICE OF RAW FAT, per stone of bib. Price of Tallow (as stated by the Tallow :getters) 3 , 4, sd. PRICE OF TALLOW, SOAP, to per I 121 b. town Tallow 6os. 6d. Yellow Soap Yellow Russia White —s. Od. Curd —s. 0 4 . Soap Ditto s Od. Graves l6s. ( 1 , 4 Melting Stuff Ditto Rough 3os Id. PRICE OF CANDLES. The price of good Store Candles ir. the Retail Shops is as follows Candles, per dozen, 8s Od. ; inferior, 7s. o:l.—Moulds, 6.1. Sixpence per dozen discount for cash. COA L M A RKET.—Oet. 29. Ships arrived since last mania-day. 56. Per Ton, a. Per I ~ r. Anair's 2l 6 Walls End Lambton 24 .'. os t fl'arr's Hartley - 14 3 Holvwell Ord's Redhugh - 2„1 5 Russell's High Main Walls End Bell and Brawn Walls End Gosfbrth 23 8 Walls End Barrett ..... . ......... r , • Walls End Hilda Walls End Killingworth p Walls End Riddell's , Wall- End W,alker 23 0 Walls End West Hetton ...... 2 3 6 Lambton's Primrose Walls 1 Walls End Braddyll's Hetton 24 3 I Cowpen 21 0 Walls End Haswell .. ....... ... :.:3 1) Howard's Netherton Main Colonel Eggerle, or the artillery, on the retired list, met with his death a few days ago at Colmar, in the fot lowing deplorable manner :—He had descended into his cal, lar without reflecting on the danger to which he was expose",. from a quantity of carbonic acid gas which escaped from son; new wine in a state of fermentation. After ascending a f e e l l steps of a ladder, he was seized with a sudden fainting fit , „ l f e „,l backwards, broke his spine and one of his legs, and was k"",. on the spot. The Colonel, as some of our readers may re the lect, was one of the witnesses who gave evidence before e Court of Assizes of the Lower Rhine on the trial of Pr in p c , f Louis Napoleon. It was he who introduced Colonel You r "' to Prince Louis Napoleon at Baden. Covent-garden market retains its supremacy ° s d , every similar establishment in the metropolis. Notwithstallo, log the advanced season of the year, it was on Saturday an r e , Mg at an early hour filled with every variety of fruit an d n vii, getables. Turnips, corots, onions, greens, cabbages, be p d and potatoes, were most abundant, of excellent quality, s da . very cheap. Apples, pears, walnuts, grapes (foreign and he mestic), pines, and• peaches were equally plentiful, an „tif price of each extremely moderate. There was a fair suPc of a delicious vegetable called Brussels sprouts, so higblY,, B i r i; preciated in Holland and in Belgium, but not yet gea er- o f cultivated in England. The beet-root is this season. T o y fine, and the consumption of it in salads and other v preparations much increased ; its saccharine quality i s said beet; the faculty to be finely antiscorbutic. Thirty years ago root was little known as a vegetable. On Saturday night, about eleven o'clock, ask: gentleman named Edward Keane was crossing from D,lloi, Arcot, Lincoln's Inn-fields towards the College of Pbysie',Boo) he observed a man lying in the road, apparently suffering out, illness. He, fearing that the man would be run o ver if s ci to fered to remain in that situation, got him up, and offere„,f r . assist him as far as Chancery-lane, near which place v ill Keane understood him to live. The man seemed to be r iot as scarcely able to walk. He fell down again, but on arrivfor at the corner of Bell-yard, he rallied considerably, a nd • thanking Mr. K. for taking care of him, walked away ttfi, tolerable pace. Mr. Keane soon afterwards had the 111°"*„1 cation to discover that the fellow had contrived to rob biro s his watch (a silver hunter), and his purse, containing 111 1,1 twelve shillings, while he was assisting him in his pretenu illness. bh % ya v iw e h k aie anh repetition twoex p personsl o s i o n o of were f tsadlygunpowder injured. occurred at Bri L i v to a e l s , t Thursday, which interrupted the cuettinsgtoonnf syomleve:ftitheer lying fields of corn, which are still out in various cEstricts the county. These are chiefly on the hill tafrns on the s ?ti o : ol Strathearn, and along the southern base of the Grampia_ amounting perhaps to about one-sixth of the whole oat cro d i e '; ba l c a k s - t , Reaping and leading were resumed on Friday morning, untbe a cool north-west wind, and during that and following da%too greater part of the remaining crop was secured. Pc' E s by lifting has been going on b r iskly, p r eceded in many case the sale of the crop. The great inequality of the crop Is hoo d deuced by that of the prices, which in this neighbour from vary f, orn 111. per acre to 221.—varying in the prod uelo 20 bolls per acre to 40 shipping bolls, with perhaps froi. to 15 bolls inferior size. —Perth Courier. pl ace On Wednesday morning an explosion took one of the ccal pits at Harrington, and upwards of thirty re , aid beys were killed, and eleven horses. Two Men, t r uat S t ported to have been in the act of descending in a 't hr ows' the time the explosion took place, one of whom was ' to th e to :.n immense di-tance, the other, after being raised i° ots air, fell into the pit-sh.ft. The names of those Inist ia geso, hardly yet b e aseert,ined amidst the confusion and a t, sISI hut, although the precise extent of the awful catastraP4lo un its immediate cause, whether by neglect or otherwise's, AO known, it has spread a gloom over both HarrinO° 0 00 Workington that many years cannot dissipate--whole skireor at oece enshrouded in sorrow and want, by sudden b e o f it: ment of sons or husbands, who were their support 01 of old age. Another correspondent informs us, that t ha t,to," number of sufferers has not yet been ascertained ; b ut ift is feared, it will he found to be nearer forty than thief be' to two o'clock en Thursday morning, ten bodies 013 been found and brought up. —Carlisle Journal. tierriSia° SCOTCH HONESTY.--A few days ago a P , . -11 .,„t11, - travelling by the night-m a il fr om Gl asgo w, inadee r `bn the dark gave the guard a sovereign for a , a t , covering the mistake, th e guar d nex t morn ing Calle.. tv the passengers he knew, and at l as t succee ded in OadlarrocieP owner of the sovereign, who had not the slightest suldiagi of having lo s t it this manner, although he found it al ; ° The guard's na m e i s M r . Duerla.le Suc h ins t°- e honesty ought not to pass unnoticed.-s.cotian. 0f ' GREAT ADVANTAGE TO LARGE CONSUMER TEA. TEAS at WHOLESALE PRICES, in quantitieeet% less than one pou n d, in tin c a s e s o f 61b s . ne t, or sma ll ch aor: I 21bs. and upward s . th i § a .e To afford every facility to large consumers, to who m coke tisement is addressed, not less tan one pound of Tea - made at this establishment, as the small profits will not au-- , O' usual division of quantities made by retail houses. G. T. MAN&,ELL and CO., WHOLESA Lm DEALERS, 2, Bucklersbury, Cheapside. of these GOLD SIGNET RINGS.—A great Varie t Y o n el f Useful and Fashionable RINGS, are kept for Seleetil-81,1e Cornelian, Amethyst, Topaz, and other Real Stones, so r too; engraving. A rmor i a l b ear i ngs m ay be r e ferred to , sa leis t i e rt gratis, and can be engraved by an Artist of g reat a te et hi li o s : 47, Cornhill, L on d on (S even D oors f rom G race ehurch -s T. COX SAVORY'S, Goldsmith, Silversmith, and W t ieter' BIRTHS * AA 13a " of On the 26th i ns t., th e l a d y o f t h e R ev. E. of a son. In Duke-street, Southwark, on the 28th inst., OS. 11. 411 a son. f On the 28th i ns t. e, , in Bloom the ladq Esq., of a son. to On the 20th inst., at M pa A ri ß s, R T l . E H D ug . hes, Esq. : ....io f %o f tS i te eft ;' Maria Henrietta, eldest daughter of T. Halliday, D'' , ..r" v e , - too' son n O o n f the jotn 2 i 4 H th oll i a n n s d t., T a o t yn K e i , rt E n s n q Church, Sir. 'John "` ° ,':r 13 ° ' lel I to Caroline, youngest daughter *of of .KBirltalitghles4:: °f BlP ,, r etr Yorkshire. liacr t ly td t oa h n e nsoh 2 pt s ee t rr h osf i t n ot s ht t en . , DR a no t vn.n G i js i oo l l hn i n n g RG , o Y i wl p o ei r n k h s Yorkshire, ,e d .r ob e fu nl r Ir i w r li ituaci l l o s de ll, ° , s e h l d i O r e o s n , t Durham, Esq. 13 1° 1 ( melee v r ovi On the 25th inst., at Warminster Church, Mr- ''''',v:ilisill ' surgeon, to Gertrude Phelps, third daughter of "1 Cherie. Seagram, Esq., of Warminster. : tr• ''',.rTae s ' On the 27th inst. at St. James's Church, Westman s e e ph ' ' Hawley, Esq., to Mary, third daughter of the late " ria io well, Esq., of Oakmoor, Staffordshire. Ch o 0 oti l l On the 27th inst., at St. Marylebone Church!. isiray,e,,,.. Birch, of Vere-street, Cavendish-square, to Elizabe tn 4.ace-, P daughter of Mr. Thomas Feldvvick, of Southampton -1 road. ---- ----- _----- ed ' 2 l ----- DIED. 17 ag le° At Bremen B th r e em t er d , ionnstt.h,e at2o tsithualntileAwlefirie_dianWe,ooitriyacrhg;rer-is,rlibe ,::iale, le Mr. J. A. Hubbard, aged 49. A Chill At Camberwell, on the 23d inst., Mrs. M. A. 3e or aged 71. 13fil3btth 1 At Roehampton, Surrey, on the 26th inst., f p e t , dicta, the wife of William G. Mucklow ESQ. Esq., ° On the 27th inst., at Canonbury, William Fiale, worth, Su's:ex -------- solicitor. lijo " O ••••••■■••••-••••■•1. 1 0 N__.--G' ° On London : Printed and i'liblished b ) MIJIIDO YO d, ii , the e 112, Strand, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Stray of Middlcsex.—Tuesilay, ctober 30. Mr.